The FACTS on The O'Reilly Factor Ratings Drop

[stewert]

I see a lot of misinformation here about the craptor ratings, oops I mean the factor.

So here are the FACTS.

This is the yearly average for the O'Reilly Factor from 12-27-04 to 12-25-05.

Rating - 2.2
Total Viewers - 2,490,000

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This is the 3rd quarter O'Reilly Factor rating from 6-27-05 to 9-25-05

Rating - 2.5
Total Viewers - 2,820,000

This is the Factor rating for October 2005

Rating - 2.3
Total Viewers - 2,600,000

This is the Factor rating for November 2005

Rating - 2.2
Total Viewers - 2,500,000

This is the Factor rating for January 2006

Rating - 2.0
Total Viewers - 2,325,000

This is the Factor rating for February 2006

Rating - 1.9
Total Viewers - 2,228,000

So as you can see O'Reilly has dropped from a 2.5 rating in the 3rd quarter of 2005 to a 1.9 rating for February.

In case you want a link, here it is.

http://www.oreilly-sucks.com/politics/cablenewsratings.htm

You should also remember that all during the time of this ratings drop O'Reilly has been saying that his ratings are increasing, which is a total flat out LIE.

I know some people here will not care, I am just posting this so DUers are informed with the facts.

[stepnw1f]

1. I See O'Leilly Getting a Pie in the Face Soon

publicly of course.

[BlueEyedSon]

2. They are increasing... negatively. See how easy the repub newspeak is?

[BootinUp]

3. excellent

Go down in flames Billy Boy!

[Mabus]

4. His ratings jumped in late 2004 b/c of Mackris

From an October 29, 2004 WaPo article:

"Much of the criticism of O'Reilly, 55, has centered on his role as a moralist who has lectured about too much sex in pop culture and has just published a children's book in which he warns boys against treating girls abusively. But he has had little to say on the subject since Mackris, 33, who is still employed by Fox, went public with her charges. O'Reilly even canceled several scheduled television interviews.

Fox believed Mackris had tape recordings of the long, highly detailed conversations alleged in the suit, but Morelli never confirmed that, saying only that they had concrete evidence. O'Reilly and his attorney, Ronald Green, never denied that the Fox commentator had used such language, but said he never broke the law and questioned whether Mackris was truly offended or was taking words and phrases out of context.

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Despite the unfavorable publicity -- or perhaps because of it -- O'Reilly's ratings have jumped by as much as a third in the past two weeks, sometimes reaching 3.5 million viewers." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7578-2004Oct28.html

So he had a spike in viewership two months prior to your first data points. Wonder how many of his 2,490,000 viewers were tuned in hoping to see someone mention the Mackris information.

[BlueEyedSon]

5. yummy!